2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism in Montana

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Schools for a Master’s in Montana” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism is the 865th most popular major in the country with 170 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Montana, there were 11 environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 1 environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,863 and $41,012 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the environmental/natural resource recreation and tourism program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Schools for a Master’s in Montana

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Schools for a Master’s in Montana.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism in Montana

#1

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana

#1 in overall quality

$23,242 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Schools for a Master’s in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Missoula, Montana, and it awarded 1 masters’s natural resource recreation and tourism degrees in 2019-2020.

UM also took the #1 spot in our “Best Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Master’s Degree Schools in Montana” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UM are $23,242, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Environmental/Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism at UM

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Brian M. Powell.

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